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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    An "eraser wheel" in your drill will take that off and leave it looking like it was never there. Eraser wheels are mostly used for removing old decals and pinstripes without hurting paint or gelcoat. 3M makes them.
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    Building a '93 Caravelle 1750 Classic Bowrider

    It came with those. They did have beer back in 1993. 🇺🇸
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    Building a '93 Caravelle 1750 Classic Bowrider

    Nice weather, but little progress. Tough week at work, so I needed to relax and clear some offsets. Catch up on some YouTube and such. Even so, I did some creative stuff. This boat was designed and built before cell phones were really a thing, so MY rendition of this Caravelle will have...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Clamp a scrap of plywood across the inside of the keyhole in the hull and check the "depth" from the outer hull surface to the plywood. That way, if you have any gaps that are going to hold off your plywood transom, you will be able to see and measure it. PB might add another 0.040" like you...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    I don't know how much you need to build up, but one trick I did was to put my outer layer of 1708 on in two overlapping pieces. The large overlap in the middle gave the keyhole two layers while giving the rest of the transom one layer. My factory transom only had CSM halfway up, and then a...
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    '90 Maxum 2100SR - restoration & conversion

    As foam expands, it pushes out in all directions. Your forms will need to be fairly rigid to force the expansion upward. Use stiff plywood, for example. Especially if you will be removing it; it can be as braced and heavy as it needs to be.
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    '90 Maxum 2100SR - restoration & conversion

    There were some pour holes on top of me flotation boxes along the sides that I did not plug first. I just sealed them with glass and resin, and it didn't eat the foam. As far as shaping, I would think you'd need at least a rough form to pour it into.
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    '90 Maxum 2100SR - restoration & conversion

    Mine resonated a bit when I hit the floor before it was foamed. Now it sounds dead. I remember being in the cabin of my father's sailboat as a boy and hearing the slap of the waves against the hull. I have a suspicion that the foam reduces that sort of thing. Maybe engine resonance as well...
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    '90 Maxum 2100SR - restoration & conversion

    It may help the ride and make it quieter from what some tell me.
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    '90 Maxum 2100SR - restoration & conversion

    Somehow, around the time that the site was updated, I stopped getting notifications of new posts by you, PC. I did some digging and found out that you were set to "Ignore". Needless to say, I had a lot of catching up to do. You are making good progress considering how the weather has been...
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    Building a '93 Caravelle 1750 Classic Bowrider

    It's really starting to look like the picture in my mind. I'm pretty happy with it.
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    In the upper left corner of the Merc drawing photo that I posted it states 2 MIN. 2 1/4 MAX. That is a narrow window to hit when you get down to it. It's good that you know what yours started out at, because you know that worked. If you hit that or a little thicker, you're golden. I like...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    The Mercruiser drawings I found said transom thickness 2". 2 1/4" max. Watch that you don't make it TOO thick. I doubt you ground off much hull thickness. What was the total thickness with the new plywood in place? I'd hate to see you lay up a ton of glass on the transom if it's not...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Pre-soak the edges with resin and give it time to drink it in. It might take a couple of coats to seal it. Mix a batch of resin, hit the edges, then wet the faces, then go back to the edges. Do this before you lay the glass down. It might be wise to round the bottom edge and let a layer of...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Working outside, I ran into this problem, but had no control over it. I can't say how long after to keep it warm, but I think you are on the right track. Err on the side of safety by keeping it above 60 after it kicks for a couple hours and then let it coast down. I had one batch in my cap...
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    Building a '93 Caravelle 1750 Classic Bowrider

    I still have the outdrive to go through yet, Scott. I've already decided to finish it through the winter, including bow seating and engine enclosure, and then splash it in early spring. I'm pushing to get it done, but not rushing it.
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    Building a '93 Caravelle 1750 Classic Bowrider

    Long holiday weekend allowed for good progress. I finished carpeting the sides of the hull. I then added carpet with vinyl binding to the kick panel to create a red/white/blue band that would be carried rearward by the PVC planks added to the flotation boxes. The planks create a storage bin...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Will the floor (sole) be glued to the top of the stringers as well? If so, think of the strength that will lend. I used poly to glue plywood sisters to both sides of my stringer (butt) joints. 1708 over that. That worked for me. A scarf joint is better because of its uniform strength and...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    You could cut temporary bulkheads (spreaders) to set the correct distance between the pair of stringers at a few points along the way. Put both stringers in, and then twist (wedge) the spreaders into place to set the distance and hold them parallel in the vertical. At that point, you can run...
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    1987 Power Play XLT-185 - floors, stringers, and upholstery

    Consider how yours was constructed and couple that with the fact that it worked fine. It didn't fail structurally, aside from rot. And even then, it didn't crack the hull. Mine was similarly surprising, and I came to the same conclusion. So use the better-than-common sense that you exhibit...
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